Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense

Just a short walk from the madness on Via Monte Napoleone of clammering fashionistas & the Paparazzi of Milan fashion week lies a national treasure.
OK, so my cultural compass is not always true but on the odd occasion it will align and this was one of those moments. My normal mode is alcoholautopilot and on this flight I was navigating between the Centro Historico backstreet Café Bars in my quest for Alicia Lini 910 and happened to notice a rather magnificent arch to my right. As i glanced over, i saw a courtyard within. Curiosity beckoned and i strolled through to see what was thither and lo and behold … I had wandered in to a place oozing history and magnificence combined with art and horticulture and knowledge. This is a location you will have to revisit many times in order to see everything that resides here.
For those seeking a snort of culture then this is a ‘Four-fer’…You have;
Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense (One of Italy’s largest state libraries) c1770
Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Art Gallery) c1776
Accademia de Belle Arti c1776
Orto Botanico di Brera (historic botanical garden) c1774
As for me, trying to describe what you will see here well … erm … in this case a picture is definitely worth a million words so let the camera speak …